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Q9650 stock temps

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jason93

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I just bought my first quad core and I'm wondering about the temps. I have a OCZ Vendetta 2 and here are my idle temps: 33 33 38 34 I ran prime95 for 10min and my temps were 49 49 50 49. Is this sound normal for a stock Q9650? Should I run prime95 longer to test for load heat? I did have the stock intel heatsink and the idle temps were around 50c and prime95 test went up to 90c!!
 
Was that P95 small fft test or blend?

50C for stock is ok but not great.
 
Well I couldn't take it anymore :D and overclocked my CPU to 3.6. I just bump up the FSB to 400x9 and left all the voltages to auto. My idle temps are 39 39 40 40 After running a prime95 small FFT test the load temps were 57 57 58 57. I just ran it for 10 min to test for heat issues. I assume that even these temps are good??
 
Any temp is good as long as you are stable. At 3600 MHz you can run these 24/7 at over 90C and you won't hurt anything. If you continue to overclock, you will reach a point where you will be forced to run your CPU cooler or you'll lose long term Prime stability. You can safely ignore your temps as long as you're not throttling and you're stable.
 
Idle temps are meaningless with Intel CPUs. The only way to properly judge your temperatures with an Intel CPU is to use your load temps.
 
I always try to keep my temps below 65c on my overclocks for 24/7...If its a bench run you can go higher just dont go to far with it!!
 
Just a note on IBT - it uses Linpack and will stress your system hotter than it will ever run against Prime95/other tools - even Intel's TAT. If it's Prime95 stable for 8~10 hours, then you have a stable system that *should* not crash. If you run 8~10 hours IBT stable, then, nothing short of an Act of God should be able to bring down your system....but expect to increase your electric bill ;-)
 
no point running it longer unless your looking for stability testing, they seem to peak after only a few seconds, maybe a tiny bit more once the heatsink gets warmed up but i know mine on the OCCT test warms up withing 1/2 degrees in only seconds and wont go any higher


occt will also give you night graphs so if it does crash while its running the test you can see what the numbers were up until that point lol
 
As long as its stable, it is all good. Have you tried to see what your fsb wall is for the quad?
 
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